Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddbd2381aa928b08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 10:25:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5fa88bac13d2046972a85cd666355e61 SHA-1: 171d40b2df83aa134893a042a23861a15f3633df SHA-256: ddbd2381aa928b0821cb378062d231ae1925a874ed259671072cd67336992064
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or lead users to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=orient+40+inch+led+price+in+pakistan PDF link annotation
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/webaxojotomotasenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/64320077723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.vn/uploads/images/files/36368353630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/ludinamikaxukibaxizisila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dryoucosmeceutical.com/userfiles/files/wavenopegebitadamalamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf74de6983---biridipuworufamibiparam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/17223650773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/66819912141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents/files/vovokadowoxafajaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkc50gkuae1gdauusl25edkvk6/jujewowesoxozudarejuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137396f4c8e0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/dowuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-42351dc5a6b3.prshots.es/uploads/userfiles/1630563124/files/39693016410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleartunemonitors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vejowirukomupuloso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/31805135066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogomanhnghia.com/uploads/files/20396360319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-h.cc/uploads/files/202109201555449496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glearningsolutions.com/userfiles/files/lalubiwubabinanadove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5af9555867fbccb80f149e19703fe39c/91737129796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03ce29a11a2194782242dd46eb4c5ad8/lodosudaruzakowafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133919550ef0---zokimafumimunevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.humillacionyestrella.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29385941895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/lataxovizikapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://support-cmu.com/filedata/file/zidolekepoviwuxoramujif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA84 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 8076347218284805c33e08da31e42c62c2de989dfac14b6490e58ea47755a036
font_01_sfnt_off0001036a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1036A 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 22e6f7d321f937c2e53cd829bd2691691c69de05bc83c7b933be5930918db3cb
font_02_sfnt_off000130b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1